کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2013323 | 1541881 | 2008 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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This study compared the rewarding and aversive effects of nicotine in adolescent, adult, and adult rats pre-exposed to nicotine during adolescence. Prior to conditioning, the rats were tested for their initial preference for either of 2 distinct compartments. Adolescent and adult rats then received various nicotine doses in their initially non-preferred side on one day and saline in the other side on alternate days. This 2-day procedure was repeated over 8 consecutive days. Following conditioning, rats were re-tested for their preference. Another cohort of adolescent and adult rats were conditioned with various doses of d-amphetamine. Nicotine produced CPP in an inverted U-shaped manner in both age groups. However, adolescents displayed a larger upward shift in CPP that was significant across a wider dose range relative to adults. There were no developmental differences to CPP produced by d-amphetamine. In a final study, adolescents were prepared with pumps that delivered nicotine for 14 days. These rats were conditioned later as adults using the same procedures used previously. Pre-exposure to nicotine during adolescence diminished the aversive effects produced by the highest nicotine dose in naïve adults. Taken together, these studies provide a basis for enhanced vulnerability to nicotine during adolescence.
Journal: Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior - Volume 90, Issue 4, October 2008, Pages 658–663